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PC Confidential 2005.2.221
Erase traces of various activities on your PC and shred files so they cannot be restored.
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Cybercrooks add QuickTime, WinZip flaws to arsenal
May 10, 2007
Security holes in media player and compression software had not previously been used in cyberattacks, according to Symantec.
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RealPlayer flaws open PCs up to hijackers
February 5, 2004
Three security holes in versions of RealNetworks' media player could allow an attacker to take control of people's PCs after they play or stream a specially corrupted music or video file.
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RealNetworks Inc.
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Spyware tunnels in on Winamp flaw
February 4, 2006
Miscreants are exploiting a recently disclosed security bug in Winamp to install spyware on machines running the media player software.
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NullSoft
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Cat-and-mouse games in security
December 2, 2005
Is your PC a drug mule? Also: Keeping up with the latest flaws, hacker exploits and software patches.
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Symantec Corp.
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft: No flaw in Media Player
January 14, 2005
Trojan horses are piggybacking on an antipiracy feature in Media Player, a security firm claims. But Microsoft denies it's a flaw.
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Fixes in for RealPlayer flaws
March 25, 2006
RealNetworks patches a "critical" clutch of holes in its media player products, which could be used to let intruders run code on PCs.
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iDefense
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RealNetworks Rhapsody
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QuickTime zero-day bug threatens Macs, PCs
January 2, 2007
Publication of yet-to-be-patched QuickTime vulnerability kicks off month in which researchers will publish an Apple software bug each day.
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